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Music
,
Music Feature
Aug 29, 2016
Video
Touche Amore set the standard for modern melodic hardcore
Their new
Stage Four
combines furious energy with earnestness, curiosity, and introspection.
By Kevin Warwick
Tags:
Music Feature
,
Touche Amore
,
Riot Fest
,
Stage Four
,
Jeremy Bolm
,
To the Beat of a Dead Horse
,
Deathwish Inc.
,
hardcore
,
melodic hardcore
,
Eight Seconds
,
Palm Dreams
,
Gorilla Biscuits
,
Lifetime
,
Modern Life Is War
,
Jacob Bannon
,
Converge
,
Black Breath
,
Coalesce
,
Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Sep 3, 2015
Video
Black Breath prep for their newest album by dropping its title track, the pummeling and hateful 'Slaves Beyond Death'
In anticipation for the upcoming
Slaves Beyond Death
Black Breath share the album's title track, a fun mix of filthy metal riffs and doomful lyrics.
By Kevin Warwick
Tags:
12 O'Clock Track
,
Music
,
12 O'Clock Track
,
Black Breath
,
Kurt Ballou
,
Southern Lord
,
Slaves Beyond Death
,
Video
Music
,
Music Feature
Dec 26, 2012
The Year in Review: Music
Reader
writers tackle the past 12 months from six different directions
By Peter Margasak, Philip Montoro, Kevin Warwick, Leor Galil, Miles Raymer, and Monica Kendrick
Tags:
Music Feature
,
Fatoumata Diawara
,
Oumou Sangare
,
Mairi Morrison
,
Alasdair Roberts
,
Emily Portman
,
Unthanks
,
Jackie Oates
,
Antonio Zambujo
,
Pallbearer
,
Sidi Touré
,
High on Fire
,
Pig Destroyer
,
Enabler
,
Swans
,
Black Breath
,
Unsane
,
Huong Thanh
,
dubstep
,
Ghost
,
Meshuggah
,
Dragged Into Sunlight
,
Kendrick Lamar
,
Frank Ocean
,
Grimes
,
mixtapes
,
Lloyd
,
Jeremih
,
Charli XCX
,
the wub
,
YOLO
,
Old Fuck
,
Sun Splitter
,
M.I.C.
,
Upholstery & Carpet Cleaning
,
Birth Deformities
,
Greg Norton
,
Velcro Lewis
,
Plastic Crimewave
,
Plastic Hawkwind Sound
,
Larry O. Dean
,
Alex Chilton Birthday Bash
,
Led Zeppelin 2
,
B1g T1me
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jul 9, 2012
Shows to see: Black Breath, Fiona Apple, Mister Lies, and more
Retro dubstep, boxy bass, and my future wife
By Miles Raymer
Tags:
Do This
,
Music
,
Black Breath
,
Burning Love
,
Fiona Apple
,
Mister Lies
,
Supreme Cuts
,
Harrison Bankhead
,
Kent Kessler
,
Nate McBride
,
Joshua Abrams
,
Soundboard
,
concerts
,
live music
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jul 9, 2012
The
Reader
's Agenda: Mon 7/9
What's on the Agenda for Monday, July 9, 2012
By Drew Hunt
Tags:
Do This
,
Janine MacLachlan
,
Farmers' Markets of the Heartland
,
Harold Washington Library Center
,
Empty Bottle
,
Black Breath
,
Kevin Warwick
,
Bicycle Illinois
,
Cairo
,
the Loop
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jul 5, 2012
Dancehall royalty, a Pitchforker's picks, and more on the B Side
Yellowman, MC Zulu, Chief Keef happenings, and more
By Miles Raymer
Tags:
Music
,
B Side
,
Yellowman
,
MC Zulu
,
Chief Keef
,
El-P
,
Killer Mike
,
Black Breath
,
Fiona Apple
,
DJ Sparkletone
,
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jun 4, 2012
12 O'Clock Track: Enabler, "False Profit"
Today's 12 O'Clock Track is from Enabler's upcoming
All Hail the Void
By Kevin Warwick
Tags:
12 O'Clock Track
,
Music
,
12 O'Clock Track
,
Enabler
,
Milwaukee
,
Southern Lord
,
Black Breath
,
Burning Love
,
Empty Bottle
,
hate
Music
,
In Rotation
Feb 23, 2012
Video
In Rotation: Baby Teeth front man Abraham Levitan on M.I.A.'s Fingergate
Plus:
Reader
staff writer Kevin Warwick on Black Breath's upcoming ripper and sixth-grader Rebecca Worth on the merits of Adele
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In Rotation
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Friday Night Lights
,
Sparks
,
Mickey Mouse
,
Black Breath
,
Abraham Levitan
,
Shame That Tune
,
Baby Teeth
,
MOG
,
Van Morrison
,
M.I.A.
,
Shepard Middle School
,
Adele
,
Maroon 5
,
Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Feb 20, 2012
12 O'Clock Track: Black Breath, "Mother Abyss"
"Mother Abyss," from
Sentenced to Life
, the upcoming album by Seattle metal band Black Breath
By Kevin Warwick
Tags:
Crickets
,
Music
,
12 O'Clock Track
,
Black Breath
,
Entombed
,
metal
,
Mother Abyss
,
Presidents Day
,
Kurt Ballou
,
GodCity
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jan 7, 2011
Saturday Free Show: Trap Them, Black Breath, Mammoth Grinder
Trap Them, Black Breath, and Mammoth Grinder roll through Reggie's Rock Club on Saturday evening as part of Scion's free Metal Matinee series.
By Kevin Warwick
Tags:
Crickets
,
Music
,
Free Shit
,
Swag
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Scion
,
Black Breath
,
Trap Them
,
Reggie's Rock Club
,
metal
,
Mammoth Grinder
,
free
,
hardcore
,
all-ages
,
Disfear
,
Hatred Surge
Music
,
Gossip Wolf
Aug 5, 2010
Hardcore Nostalgia
New shows at the Fireside prompt a stream of stories about the good old days. Plus: Russian Circles and the worst kind of metal damage, Kanye as Twitter fodder, and more
By J.R. Nelson and Miles Raymer
Tags:
Gossip Wolf
,
Fireside Bowl
,
Chicago News Cooperative
,
House Call Entertainment
,
John Benetti
,
WBEZ
,
Elliot Dicks
,
Russian Circles
,
Dave Turncrantz
,
Prolyfic
,
Lupe Fiasco
,
Lasers
,
Kanye West
,
Aziz Ansari
,
Paul and Storm
,
Brian Slodysko
,
Black Breath
,
Cacaw
,
Cave
,
Blood Mambas
,
BBU
,
Bin Laden Blowin' Up
Blogs
,
Bleader
May 13, 2010
This Week in the
Reader
's Music Section
Barnstormers, bootleggers, what's up with Def Leppard, and much more.
By Miles Raymer
Tags:
Crickets
,
Music
,
Sharp Darts
,
Chicago Reader
,
Gossip Wolf
,
David Yow
,
Def Leppard
,
Daytrotter
,
Plants and Animals
,
Local Natives
,
Torche
,
Photo Pit
,
Converge
,
Black Breath
,
Clean Feed Festival
Music
,
Photo Pit
May 13, 2010
Photo Pit: Black Breath, Converge
May 9, Bottom Lounge
By Jim Newberry
Tags:
Photo Pit
,
Black Breath
,
Converge
,
Jim Newberry
,
Bottom Lounge
,
concert photography
,
Chicago concerts
Blogs
,
Bleader
May 9, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Sunday 5/9
Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
By Whet Moser
Tags:
Chicagoland
,
Food Chain
,
Film
,
Music
,
Food & Drink
,
Performing Arts
,
Arts
,
Black Breath
,
Bottom Lounge
,
Macello
,
Ray Wylie Hubbard
,
Schubas
,
Chilam Balam
,
Please Give
,
Landmark's Century Centre
,
Crisp
,
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
,
Vines on Clark
,
One Thing and Everything Else
,
Building Stage
,
The Motel Bar
,
The Pigeons
,
Swim Cafe
,
Branch 27
Blogs
,
Bleader
May 6, 2010
This Week in the
Reader
's Music Section
Sleigh Bells, an electronic weirdo, early Chicago punk, an Albini burn, and more
By Miles Raymer
Tags:
Crickets
,
Music
,
Gossip Wolf
,
Sharp Darts
,
Photo Pit
,
Secret History of Chicago Music
,
Chicago
,
Da
,
Tutu & the Pirates
,
Sleigh Bells
,
Steve Albini
,
Girl Talk
,
Black Breath
,
Nite Jewel
,
Dials
,
Bil Vermette
,
Sigur Ros
,
Jonsi
Music
,
Soundboard
May 6, 2010
The List: May 6-12, 2010
Critics' Choices and other notable shows: Black Breath, the Dials, Canasta, Willie Clayton, Josephine Foster, EPMD, Nite Jewel
By Miles Raymer, Peter Margasak, Brian Costello, Monica Kendrick, David Whiteis, Kevin Warwick, Liz Armstrong, and Jessica Hopper
Tags:
Soundboard
,
Daughters of the Sun
,
Empty Bottle
,
Gilberto Santa Rosa
,
House of Blues
,
Dials
,
the Dials
,
Beat Kitchen
,
Johann Johannsson
,
Lincoln Hall
,
Canasta
,
The Fakeout
,
Schubas
,
Willie Clayton
,
Mr. G's Supper Club
,
Josephine Foster
,
Hideout
,
Black Breath
,
Bottom Lounge
,
Ray Wylie Hubbard
,
Schubas
,
EPMD
,
the Shrine
,
Shrine
,
Nite Jewel
,
Funky Buddha Lounge
,
Givers
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